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TENNIS
Oeiras Challenger: Jeevan-Balaji pair exits in first round
The all-Indian duo of Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and N Sriram Balaji lost in the first round of an ATP Challenger Tour event in Oeiras, Portugal on Wednesday.
The second-seeded Indian pair went down 5-7, 6-3, [7-10] to Polish duo of Karol Drzewiecki and Szymon Walkow in the round of 16 fixture in an hour and 38 minutes.
RESULTS
ATP Oeiros Challenger
Men’s Doubles, 1st Round – Karol Drzewiecki/Szymon Walkow (POL) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/ N Sriram Balaji 5-7, 6-3, [7-10]
ITF W100 Charleston
Doubles, 1st Round – Prarthana Thombare/Jessy Rompies (INA) bt Carol Zhao (CAN)/Nao Hibino (JPN) 6-1, 6-3
ITF W25 Nottingham
Singles – Amarni Banks (GBR) bt [2] Ankita Raina 6-4, 6-3
ITF M25 Jakarta
Singles – [Q] Yuta Kawahashi (JPN) bt [4] Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-2, retd.
-Team Sportstar
CYCLING
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s son Pankaj to become Cycling Federation of India president
BJP’s Noida MLA Pankaj Singh is set to be declared as the president of the Cycling Federation of India (CFI) on Saturday after he emerged as the lone candidate for the top post.
Not only Pankaj, all the other 24 members of the CFI executive council, will be elected unopposed during the election meeting to be held in Nainital, Uttarakhand, on Saturday.
He will succeed former Punjab minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa, who has become ineligible to contest the elections under the Sports Code as he has served three terms (12 years since 2011) as head of CFI.
Pankaj, son of Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, served as president of Fencing Association of India for a brief period before resigning from the post in April last year, citing his “commitments as a legislator” in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. Incumbent Maninder Pal Singh will also be re-elected as Secretary General for his second consecutive term as he is the lone candidate for the post. Sudeesh Kumar of Kerala will be the treasurer.
One president, one senior vice president, six vice presidents, one secretary general, one treasurer, six joint secretaries and nine executive council members are to be elected in the elections.
The elections for all the 25 posts will be unopposed. Returning officer Justice (retd) RK Gauba on Wednesday declared the final list of contesting candidates.
The election process had started on March 24.
– PTI
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